According to the National Stock Theft Prevention Forum (NSTPF), livestock to the value of R1.24 billion were stolen in South Africa during the 2018/2019 year – but the introduction of Drone Technology is currently seen as a remedy for farmers to protect their livestock.

We are joined by 23-year-old Drone Pilot Ziphezinhle Gabuza, better known as Boyzee, from Ladysmith in Kwazulu-Natal who is spearheading Sernick Group’s drone research team that is working on developing applications to use the unmanned aircraft for cattle detection, weight and pasture management. They also hope to innovate drone use in rural security to prevent stock theft. He joins us to explain what all of this means…

Are males are enrolling in higher education at alarmingly low rates, and should we be worried enough to try and reverse the trend? Professor Ian Glenn wrote a piece that questions whether; men are on the academic endangered list

Professor Ian Glenn is a Research Associate in Communications Sciences at the University of the Free State and Emeritus Professor of Media Studies at the University of Cape Town.

What has the #LockdownSA inspired you to do? Today on #LockdownCommunity we catch up with the Ladima Foundation, a Pan-African non-profit organisation founded with the aim of contributing to correcting the major imbalances within the film, TV and content industries which recently hosted a short-film competition – aimed at African women during the world-altering Covid-19 pandemic and related lockdown – has already gained significant interest. Ladima Foundation Co-founder, Lara Utian-Preston spoke to our producer, Kgabo Maila.

- As an extension, we were interested to know how African women to shared their stories about the personal, economic, and social impact of Covid-19 in Africa. And 2 South African women who created brave and powerful films that reflected the extremely difficult circumstances that many African women are facing during this pandemic join us for a chat.

Filmmakers, Fezeka Tholakele from the movie; “Blunder” and Aurelia Straton from the movie, “I’ll Call You Later” are our guests later on as we wrap up the week!

The first virtual International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2020) is on!
AIDS 2020: Virtual enables delegates to access and engage with the latest HIV science, advocacy and knowledge traditionally presented at the conference. We are joined by one of this year’s conference speakers - Professor Thumbi Ndung’u, who is the Deputy Director, Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI). He is additionally the Programme Director for the Sub-Saharan African Network for TB/HIV Research Excellence (SANTHE) and holds a Professorship at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Entrepreneur, Lebogang Mokubela launched SA’s first township-based Mobile Network provider, Kasi Mobile just last month. He is the founder & CEO of Lemok Group and joins us to talk to us about what problems he is actually solving with His product which is primarily targeted at Rural & Township communities…

What is ARTIVISM & what impact can it make in creating change around social issues in our society? We wrap up the week with an Artivist, an artist who creates activism art that speaks to Gender Based Violence in South Africa. South African photographer and an avid traveller, with an instinct for visually telling and documenting South African stories, Leeroy Jason joins us for a chat and a look at how he uses his craft to create awareness in society…

Leeroy is known for various works but it’s his work titled, #EverythingMustFall in which he looks at issues such as gender abuse, transgender stories, children, #FeesMustFall and religion – that has become his most critically acclaimed and we reflect on it.